Bookbinding.



No. 747,209. PATENTED DEC. 15, 1903. R. D. MOGARTIE.

BOOKBINDING.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 25, 1903.

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BOOKBINDING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,209, dated December 15, 1903.

Application filed April 25, 1903. Serial No. 154,213. (No modeLl 1 T aZZ whom it, may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD D. MCCARTIE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bookbinding,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to book and pamphlet binding, the object being to provide a simple and cheap way of binding pamphlets, booklets, and books that will permit of the book being opened flat, will not weaken the back or fold of the leaves, and will at the same time furnish a means for suspending or hanging the book.

With these objects in view the invention consists in forming notches in the upper and lower edges of the folded leaves of the book in line with the fold or bend and passing a loop of cord or wire around the leaves and seating and securing it in said notches, the notches serving to hold the loop in place and V the loop retaining all of the leaves inclosed by it in their proper relation to each other. In case a cord is used as a fastening device the loop will be formed by merely tying a knot in it, whereas if a wire is used the loop will be formed by merely twisting the ends ofthe wire together. In either case the cord or wire may be long enough to form a second loop at the upper edge of the book to serve as a means for hanging the book up.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a number of folded sheets or leaves placed together and secured in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, showing the book closed or nearly so. Fig. 3 illustrates how the invention may be utilized to secure two sections of leaves of a book together, the view being in perspective and showing only the upper part of the book; and Fig. 4 is a top view of the form shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A indicates a set or section of sheets or leaves,

each containing four pages and superposed dinarily the middle of the top and bottom of the book 1 form a notch a, which is preferably Vshaped, with the apex pointing inward and in line with the bend or fold of the leaves. The distance between the apexes of these notches is less than that between the upper and lower edges of the book, so that if the leaves are confined by a strap or band closely embracing the leaves and seated in these notches the leaves of the book will be securely held in their proper relation to each other. To furnish such a structure, I provide a loop I), which may be a cord or wire. I prefer to use a fine wire. I first form aloop by twisting its ends together and then pass it over the set of leaves, and having seated it in the notches a l twist the sides of the loop together close into one of the notches, as shown at I), thus clamping the leaves together and securely holding them. That portion of the loop which does not embrace the leaves and which is indicated at b may be used to pass over a hook when it is desired. to hang the book up. When a cord is used, it is simply seated in the notches and tied tightly around the section of leaves, and its free ends may be formed into a second loop for hanging-up purposes. As long as the cord or wire remains unbroken and does not stretch the leaves will be held in their proper relation to each other, because the sides of the notches In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4. two sections of a book similar to the section shown in Fig. 1 are illustrated as secured together by a single loop. This is done by passing the loop'around both sections and securing it in the notches of each. In this way not only the leaves are individually secured, but the sections also. A number of these double sections or of the single sections (shown in Fig. 1) may be secured together in any desired way to form a large book. This style of binding is especially adapted for pamphlets or books with paper covers and will be found useful for binding up advertising circulars and other small printed matter.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A book or pamphlet made up of a set of leaves or sheets all folded together in the middle and having a notch at each end of the fold, in combination with a loop of cord or wire embracing the leaves and seated in the notches, one limb of the loop being outside of the fold while the other is inside thereof.

2. A book or pamphlet consisting of two sets of leaves, each consisting of sheets folded together in the middle and having a notch at each end of the fold, in combination with a loop of cord or wire embracing both sets and seated in the notches of each, with one limb of the loop inside of one set and the other limb inside of the other set, as set forth.

3. A book orpamphletprovided with notches in its upper and lower edges at the back or fold, in combination with a loop of. cord or wire embracing the book or pamphlet and seated in said notches; said loop having an extension in the form of a loop for suspending the book or pamphlet.

In witness whereof I subscribe my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD D. MOCARTIE.

Witnesses:

FRANK S. OBER, WALDO M. OHAPIN. 

